The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Broccoli stems don’t tend to rouse strong emotions. Most home cooks toss them in the trash or compost without a second thought. But when I threw out some broccoli stalks—tough and woody ones, let it ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a novel dual inexact nonsmooth Newton (DINN) method for solving a distributed optimization problem, which aims to minimize a sum of cost functions located among ...

In this video, I discuss my experience with the delivery process of my Tesla Model 3 Dual Motor (AWD) and share my initial impressions of the vehicle. Trump warned credit card crackdown will trigger ...

Volkswagen Group has decided that CEO Oliver Blume will – from January 1 – oversee Volkswagen Group as CEO and drop his other responsibilities as CEO of Porsche. This dual responsibility has been a ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

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The school year starts soon for many students, and ChatGPT has announced a new “study mode” that aims to prevent—or at least encourage against—students taking homework shortcuts. The mode is designed ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...